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Evaluation of relevant aspects of the Environmental Impact Assessment for Completion of the NPS Rivne 4 and Khmelnitsky 2

AuthorÖko-Institut
DateOctober 1998
Classification 2.41.8.20/08 (UKRAINE - K2/R4)
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Öko-Institut e.V.

1 Environmental Impact Assessment according to EU provisions

The EBRD commissioned Mouchel Consulting Ltd to conduct an Environmental 
Impact Assessment (EIA) for two Nuklear Power Plants (NPPs) in the Ukraine: 
The completion of Rivne Unit 4 and Khmelnitsky Unit 2.

It is stated in Sections 1.1 of both reports that the radiological EIA for these NPP 
shall be based on data corresponding to that listed in Commission Recommendation
91/4/Euratom and that the EIA with reference to non-radiological aspects would have 
to be made in accordance with Articles 3 and 5 of Directive 85/337/EEC (EIA-
Directive).

The latter Directive has been amended by Council Directive 97 /11/EEC of 3 March
1997. The new requirements for national EIA set by Directive 97 /11/EEC came into 
force in April 1997, some time before the two EIA on the NPP in question have been 
conducted by Mouchel Consultant in 1998. If EBRD and its consultant regarded the 
old provisions of the original EIA-Directive to be the yardstick they would miss the 
European legal requirements for EIA of 1998. It means that both Rivne 4 and 
Khmelnitsky 2 assessments need to comply with the amended Article 3 and 5 of 
the EIA-Directive 85/337/EEC. In other words, the EIAs conducted by Mouchel 
Consulting Ltd. have to match those principals that set the minimum (1) procedural 
EIA standards in the EU.

Pursuant to Article 3 the purpose of an EIA is to identify, describe and assess in an 
appropriate manner, in the light of each individual case and in accordance with 
Article 4-11 the direct and indirect effects of a project on different factors.

(1) EU-Member-States may lay down stricter rules to protect the environment
(consideration (3) of Directive 97/11/EEC).

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